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Old 01-25-2015, 05:39 PM
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Originally Posted by mullen2 View Post
I have the car up in the air on a lift so I was able to inspect the axels and can't find any sign of cracks or twisting. Was this a problem on Shelbys having bad axle shafts? It looks likes a aluminum shelby center section with Dana guts. I have a Hemi Cuda with a dana and have torn up everything but the Dana racing it. Always had good luck with them. But sounds like I may need to keep an eye on axel shafts?
I am talking about the differential stub axles--not the 1/2 shafts. You have to pull the axles out of the differential to inspect them. You can't inspect the axles unless you pull them out of the differential. It is a fairly big job.

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